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Originally Posted by signupdamnit
It's true, Mr. Peabody, that I often quote other threads. But you don't see me following you around from thread to thread and accusing you of being like Paul Markham and telling you that you complain too much, do you? That is what I meant. 
Do not read into what I write. When I talk about the industry contracting that is not complaining. That is sharing a fact. Especially from a news article. When I talk about watermarks on promo content that isn't "whining" or "complaining" it's sharing knowledge and throwing something out there. There used to be more affiliates here and we used to appreciate that stuff more rather than get upset that someone else mentioned it. |
It is the INTENT of your posts that I call into question. You are discussing what you call 'news' but, like the sources you quoted here in this thread, what you are saying is 'news' is really just 'perspective' (that's what we used to call it in journalism back when there WAS journalism instead of what we mostly have now, opinions posing as news).
From your perspective....if this were at the heart of your posts I would actually support you, empathize with you and be less harsh. But you do not throw the caveat out there "This is true of MY experience..." or "This is true for ME". Yes, sometimes you do say that but the overwhelming majority of your comments/posts are negative and general.
So again: what is your INTENT? If it were to just share experiences I would understand. But instead your posts appear like you are posting 'proof' to try and convince current or potential affiliates the reasons they should not promote paysites. From personal experiences we can learn a lot but from general "Here's why what I say is true...." examples are misleading and just 'perspective' (opinion) journalism. (From MY perspective - a paysite owner who started 4 years ago - sales are GREAT. Is this news'?)
So if your INTENT is to share experiences please do so because we can all learn from industry veterans. But if your intent is to dissuade affiliates from promoting paysites then I consider you the equivalent of a pot smoker who quits telling all the 420 smokers how they're gonna die, go crazy or get brain cancer if they don't stop immediately.
In other words, a fucking bummer.
Light up!!
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(And make money with paysites woohoo!!)